The bandits in Crescent Mountain like money and food.
So the spoils of war are money and food.
Three granaries were built and almost all were filled.
Tens of thousands of shi of food were not lost.
It's just that they are all old food, and some are even moldy.
Eating this thing will probably bring the whole crowd out.
Zhao Ping really doubted, why did the master of Crescent Mountain hide so much food?
Don’t eat either.
Could it be that he also makes wine?
"They just love Tun."
Zhang Zhongliang explained: “We can’t even finish the resettlement allowance collected every year, and they don’t sell it, they just hide it all.”
"In addition to some of the things they robbed, we have accumulated so much."
"Those bandits who are like dogs are wasting food."
Zhang Zhongliang cursed, "It's all moldy. I can't eat it, so I have to throw it away."
It seems that he has forgotten that he is also a bandit.
And he is still the third in charge.
"Throw it away for what?"
Zhao Ping smiled bitterly and said: "People can't eat it, but pigs can."
Meeting Wei Zhu yesterday gave Zhao Ping the idea of setting up a pig farm.
After returning home, he realized a problem.
The Dawei Dynasty was a feudal society with very low grain output. Only one kilo of grain could be produced from one acre of fertile land.
Putting aside the various taxes paid, it is not enough for people to eat.
Who would be willing to raise pigs with that?
He dared to take the lead, but if someone with ulterior motives caught him and sued him in front of the emperor, he would be unable to defend himself.
After all, there are restrictions on using grain to make wine.
If you really raise pigs, beheading them is easy.
But now he has new ideas.
The food my family feeds the pigs was obtained by suppressing bandits. If you don't accept it, go suppress the bandits.
But this is not illegal.
When the bandits are wiped out, the pig farm will be closed down.
It seems that we still need to develop some high-yielding crops.
Hybrid rice?
Zhao Ping couldn't learn from it.
The old man is such a smart person, but he spent his whole life researching it.
I was born in a miscellaneous class, and if I want to develop hybrid rice, I may not be able to do it until my death.
But Zhao Ping is not afraid.
He knows how to till the land, fertilize, irrigate, and breed to increase food production.
This is due to the experience of the old man in his previous life who asked him to cultivate herbal medicine.
At that time, I felt that the black-hearted grandfather was cheating his grandson.
Only now do I realize that they are all extremely valuable treasures.
Of course, this improvement is limited after all.
The best way is to find high-yielding crops like corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.
But that is for the future. The bandits in Yun'an County have just been wiped out, and it is still early to wipe out the bandits in the entire Dawei Dynasty.
Zhao Ping took back his thoughts and asked Zhang Zhongliang to send someone to transport the grain to Xiping Village.
He continued to look at the loot.
In addition to food, the trophies of Crescent Moon Mountain are gold, silver and jewelry.
A rough estimate is that the total value is nearly fifty thousand taels of silver.
It really made a small fortune.
Zhao Ping was short of money now, and it was time to use the money, so he was not polite and took everything as ordered.
All the bandit leaders and their families in Crescent Moon Mountain were killed in the battle, and the little bandits were dying and escaping. It was no longer possible.
After the money and food were transported away, Crescent Mountain became a barren mountain.
Zhao Ping had no intention of sending anyone to guard him, so he went to Dongyi Mountain again.
The bandits in Dongyi Mountain are lustful.
The loot such as money and food was very small, and the total amount was only 20,000 taels of silver.
But there are many beauties.
Nearly two hundred women were imprisoned in rows of houses.
Tall, short, fat and thin, young and old, very comprehensive.
Although she is good-looking, she has been locked up in a house for many years, and there are so many people living together. She is dirty and unkempt, and you can't tell why.
"Why are there so many people?"
Zhao Ping wondered.
"The bandits in Dongyi Mountain are lustful."
Zhang Zhongliang explained: "Every year, women of suitable age are selected from the villages under his rule to marry him. These are the concubines of the big boss."
"I……"
Zhao Ping didn't even know what to say.
There are nearly two hundred concubines. Are his kidneys made of iron?
So tossing it?
But Qi Liang killed well, and this kind of person deserves to die.
He actually forced the common people to donate beautiful women to him. He really regarded himself as a river god.
"What about these kids?"
Zhao Ping asked, pointing to the younger women.
"It should be the child they gave birth to."
Zhang Zhongliang said.
"child?"
Zhao Ping's head was full of black lines, "The head of Dongyi Mountain doesn't even let his own children go?"
"no."
Zhang Zhongliang knew the inside story better, "All the children of the head of the family were killed."
"These are the children of other bandits."
"I……"
Zhao Ping didn't know what to say.
He just wanted to release them as soon as possible, so he asked: "Which village are you from?"
Many women looked at Zhao Ping and remained silent, no one dared to speak.
They had seen the battles in the previous two days, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, corpses everywhere, bloody and cruel.
Naturally, they regarded Zhao Ping as another wave of bandits.
Rumor has it that when a new head of family comes to power, they often require blood sacrifices. Maybe they will be the targets of blood sacrifices.
"Why doesn't anyone say anything?"
Zhao Ping said speechlessly: "Are they all mute?"
"This is Mr. Zhao."
Zhang Zhongliang, who was following Zhao Ping, pointed at Zhao Ping and said, "He was the one who ordered people to defeat the bandits in Dongyi Mountain and rescued you."
"Whatever he asks you now, just answer him honestly."
"Otherwise, we will send you to Black Wind Village and let you continue to be meat horses."
"I'm from Balong Village."
"I'm from Yunshan Village."
"I'm from Dongbian Village."
"..."
Threatened, the women began to speak one by one.
"Okay, okay, don't say anything."
Zhao Ping couldn't understand why, so he could only raise his hand to interrupt, "Now that the bandits in Dongyi Mountain have been wiped out, you are free."
"Go back to where you came from."
Many women looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally focused their attention on Zhao Ping.
But no one took a step.
"What are you doing?"
Zhang Zhongliang showed his bandit characteristics again and scolded with a sullen face, "Mr. Zhao asked you to go home, why don't you go home quickly?"
"Do you really want to wait for me to take you all to Black Wind Village to be used as meat horses?"
Hooray!
After hearing this, the women rushed out.
After running out, he looked back again.
Seeing that no one was chasing them, they ran faster.
But he didn't finish the race.
There were nearly twenty others.
Fifteen of them were children, the youngest seemed to have just learned to walk, and the older one was only about ten years old.
The other five are also young, about twenty years old.
"Why don't you leave?"
Zhao Ping asked curiously.
"I was bought back from Yahang by bandits, and I have no home to return to."
Someone answered.
Then the three women nodded after her.
"this……"
Zhao Ping is in trouble.
You can't take them home, right?
If he really did that, Liu Mengru's stick might hit him so hard that he wouldn't be able to get out of bed.
But if he doesn't save them, these five people will become homeless and may die in that corner.
The Dawei Dynasty was in chaos, and a large number of people died every year.
In addition, many people die on the battlefield every year.
As a result, the Dawei Dynasty was short of people.
Especially this kind of young labor force around twenty years old.
Zhao Ping also felt it was a pity to abandon it.
Then he asked, "What are your plans?"
The four of them shook their heads together.
"Then go to Xiping Village, find Wenhui, and ask her to arrange a job for you."
Zhao Ping was deeply moved.
There are now breweries and textile factories in Xiping Village.
There will be soap factories, frost sugar factories, etc. in the future, and it will be okay to feed five more people.
I just need to explain it to Liu Mengru properly when I go back, so as not to get slapped with sticks.
Even if he was hit with a stick, he would be the one using the stick to hit Liu Mengru, never the other way around.
Zhao Ping found an escort and asked him to take five women to Xiping Village.
But only four stood up, and one didn't move.
"You don't want to go to Xiping Village?"
Zhao Ping asked.
"I am from Xiping Village."
the woman said.
"Um?"
Zhao Ping looked at the other party carefully up and down.
Not particularly pretty.
At least not as good as Liu Mengru and Wen Hui.
But she is also a leader among women. If she dresses up carefully, even if she cannot reach the height of Liu Mengru, she is still close to her.
The key thing is that Zhao Ping doesn't know him.
Then he sneered: "I have lived in Xiping Village for more than 20 years, why have I never seen you?"
"You used to be a second-rate guy who drank all day long and treated me without any pretense."
The woman said indifferently: "From now on, you will be Mr. Zhao, a celebrity in Yun'an County. You will be very busy. Even if you see me, you will automatically ignore me."
"So it's not surprising that you don't recognize me."
Zhao Ping thought this explanation was reasonable and continued to ask, "Then where do you live?"
"Next door to you."
said the woman.
"What?"
Zhao Ping was shocked.
"My name is Ying Yi, and I'm your next door neighbor."
Yingyi said: "I have a big rooster at home that crows every morning."
He even knew about the big rooster crowing. It seemed that he was really his neighbor.
But why did she appear in the bandit den in Dongyi Mountain?
Could it be that he was kidnapped?
Zhao Ping expressed sympathy.
At the same time, I also felt a little self-blame. I didn't even protect such a beautiful neighbor, which embarrassed the time traveler.
He was definitely a neighbor, and Zhao Ping's attitude became much kinder.
He vowed: "Ying Yi, don't worry, I guarantee that no one will spread the news about you being kidnapped to Dongyi Mountain, and it will definitely not affect your reputation."
"You will follow me later and we will go back to Xiping Village together. I will tell you that I met you in the county seat."
"I won't go back."
Ying Yi said stubbornly.
"Um?"
Zhao Ping was stunned, "Then what do you want to do?"
"Borrow money."
"How many?"
"Five thousand taels."
